Lawyers say the Social Security Administration has for months not provided basic data to complete compensation claims for those sick and dying after exposure to debris from the Sept. 11 attacks.
After Causing Delays for 9/11 Health Claims, Social Security Pledges to Do Its Job
People leave Manhattan on foot, heading for Brooklyn after the bridges were sealed off following the collapse of the World Trade Center on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times